Product Description

Manual focus - Adaptall mount

Tamron 24mm F/2.5 Aspherical lens provides a field of view of 84 degrees for full image framing applications. It also has an F number of F/2.5 which is approximately 25% faster than comparable F/2.8 lenses.

I bought this lens after deciding that I could not justify spending $2000 on a Leica 24mm Elmarit as this is not an oft used focal lenght for me.
I'm definitey pleased. It is sharp and contrasty and decently built. My only consideration was that with only 5 aperture blades the dreaded 'bokeh' would not match the look of my Leica lenses. But I quickly found that a 24 stopped down one or two stops has no out of focus background to worry about anyway.

There are two versions of this lens: both have the same optical design. The older version has more metal and rubber ring, the newer version has a plastic window to show the aperture. I used both version.
I had the older version before and then sold it to a friend in a package deal. And just got the new version at eBay.

This lens is about 1/2 stop faster than the usual f2.8 lens. Build quanlity is superb. Optics on the par with the Nikon's. Very handy and often used focal length. It can fit any camera with proper adaptall-2 mount.